"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)

Yves says those pictures are by him, but he didn't retouch them, it was the FSM who made Himself visible with His noodly touch.(I reckon those pictures are really good - good enough to make me overcome my dislike of the French language and actually write some of it. )He then tells Bart that in the Auvergne there are loads of (extinct) volcanoes and good taverns where you can enjoy the product.

DavidH wrote:Yves says those pictures are by him, but he didn't retouch them, it was the FSM who made Himself visible with His noodly touch.(I reckon those pictures are really good - good enough to make me overcome my dislike of the French language and actually write some of it. )He then tells Bart that in the Auvergne there are loads of (extinct) volcanoes and good taverns where you can enjoy the product.

You're only annoyed with the French because they helped us (the Welsh) invade Hereford and other English bits in 1405. The Franco/Welsh alliance was good for Wales. They gave us cheese, wine and Jean Paul Gaultier clothing and we gave them Syphilis and Glamorgan Sausage*.

*A vegetarian dish.

The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.

Your contributions are truly excellent: I'm enjoying them immensely but many of our community aren't able to appreciate them fully. So if you could manage to do more stuff in English, we'd be very happy. This is not meant as a criticism, just a suggestion.

DavidH wrote:Yves, forgive me writing this in English for the benefit of all:

Your contributions are truly excellent: I'm enjoying them immensely but many of our community aren't able to appreciate them fully. So if you could manage to do more stuff in English, we'd be very happy. This is not meant as a criticism, just a suggestion.

But this is a French thread...allez France!

I am seriously trying to brush up my French (as usual).

The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.